Saturday, 29 August 2015

back in February I was doing some on-line research into family walks and came across THIS interesting sounding walk .

Somehow six months whizzed by and we still hadn't got around to doing it.

Happily we woke to sunshine on Sunday, despite a dodgy weather forcast for the day. We decided to risk the predicted showers and head off up the motorway to the village of Baslow in the Peak District National park.

The sun was still shining when we arrived and began climbing up through steep streets, passing pretty stone houses.....to a lass from Yorkshire this is always a joy........

Soon the path was climbing steeply and we left the houses behind.........

The countryside looked green and lush.......

And in the distance we noticed the letters ER in the hillside. Presumably in was created to celebrate the Queens Jubilee........

The track was quiet busy. We saw lots of walkers, cyclists, Riders and even runners heading up the hill.........

We were making much steadier progress, poor youngest was fast getting blisters from his suddenly too small walking boots. Here he sat down and refused to walk any further for a while.......

I did feel bad for him....but I was also distracted by the gorgeous heather......

It was covered in Bees.......

and looked so beautiful in this natural setting...........

My BM and I helped youngest up the final rocky section of path while the older boys walked ahead........

Thursday, 27 August 2015

Thank you for all your kind comments on my holiday posts. Here's the final instalment :0)

As well as a morning walk, these days I sometimes get the luxury of an afternoon wander as well. It's so nice now the boys are older and they don't need me so much. Most days my sister in law and I left our offspring with their Dads and their Nanna for a little while.

Our favourite beach to visit has to be Porth. It suits our whole party...and parking right on the sand makes life so easy. We have been coming here, on and off, for many years. Though it's only now that I am getting to explore the local area a little.

On this afternoon we headed past the river Estuary, and stopped here a while to soak in the relaxed holiday vibe........

Families having fun in the water and on the sand .............

A little further along the road climbs steeply and we found ourselves looking down on Whipsiderry beach.........

Such a contrast to Porth, still visible in the background.

We walked a little way along the South West Coastal path that runs along the cliff tops here....

I love the colours in this photo...the shades of blue and turquoise in the sea and the colours of the cliffs..........

Looking inland and towards Watergate bay we could make out spots of colour on the Boardmasters festival site. A zoomed in shot shows the mass of abandoned tents and rubbish waiting to be cleared away......

I'm sure the organisers remove all this, but it does make me a little sad that we live in such a throw away society.

On another sunny afternoon....the day of our departure....we walked in the opposite direction.